Press releases in 2011

Nigerian political candidates must rein in their supporters and put a stop to continuing violence on the eve of national polls, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International’s Deputy Directo...

The Azerbaijani authorities must end their clampdown on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today after 11 more political activists were arrested ahead of Saturday's planned "Day of Wrat...

Amnesty International today (31 March) welcomed the publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Human Rights Report 2011. But the organisation warned that the report reveals inconsistenci...

The Libyan authorities must end their campaign to discredit Eman al-Obeidi, said Amnesty International, after the government said she was being sued by the security officials who she says raped her. L...

Thousands of people, many who left North Africa following recent unrest, are stranded on the Italian island of Lampedusa in appalling conditions, an Amnesty International delegation on the island said...

The re-imposition of 20-year jail terms on seven leaders of Iran's Baha'i religious minority is “vindictive”, Amnesty International said today as it made a renewed call for their immediate release. Th...

Tahrir Square protest planned for Friday The Egyptian authorities should scrap a draft law aimed at criminalising strikes and protests, Amnesty International said ahead of demonstrations against the l...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has missed a crucial opportunity to lift the country’s repressive state of emergency in a key speech today amid ongoing protests, Amnesty International has said. The S...

As the new government is installed in Burma today, Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Deputy Director said: "The new government should take immediate action to stop human rights violati...